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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 47553

Using a thin scope passed through an existing drainage tract in the abdomen, a doctor examines the bile ducts, the channels that carry bile from the liver to the intestine, and takes a tissue sample for testing. This approach works through a tract that is already in place from a prior drainage procedure, rather than requiring a new access point. It helps identify the cause of a bile duct blockage or abnormality.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract cost?

$5,543

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,543 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$525 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,692 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $11,482Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $646

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 10.4 times more in Wyoming than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Nebraska· 13th of 51

$5,543

$646 physician + $4,898 facility

WY $8,979MT $863

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.